LL Upper Primary 5A - 7W1H
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This document discusses the 7W1H method for writing compositions. 7W1H stands for Who, Where, When, What, What next, What worst, Why, and How. It helps writers capture all the key ideas of a story in the pre-writing stage by visualizing events. With a 7W1H plan, writers can avoid common problems like having no ideas, not knowing how to start or finish, and getting stuck midway. The benefits include boosting content, including necessary elements, building confidence, and allowing for easy edits. The document provides examples to illustrate how to apply the 7W1H method.
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LL Upper Primary 5A - 7W1H
- 1. Writing 101 Creating the Complete Writing Plan - 7W1H
- 2. Learning Objectives ? To capture all the key ideas of a story in the pre-writing stage. ? To visualise the story before writing starts.
- 3. Introduction ? Some of the problems students face when writing compositions include: 1) no idea to develop story 2) don¡¯t know how to start 3) started but stuck half-way 4) essay completed but it felt incomplete If you face these problems, you are not alone! With great planning, these problems can be avoided.
- 4. Fail to plan and plan to fail ? The importance of planning for your story first before you tell it cannot be overstated. ? Having a great plan is like having a complete map. You are clear about reaching your destination ¨C its beginning, the journey as well as its end.
- 5. Fail to plan and plan to fail 7 wives 1 husband or 7W1H plan helps you to think about all the key ideas in your story. 7W1H shows: Who ¨C Orientation, Char.'s Appearance & Weakness Where ¨C Orientation, Specific locations When ¨C Orientation, Time of the day and year What happened ¨C Problem/Creative Action Start What next ¨C Escalation, Characters' reactions What worst ¨C Climax, conflict at its worst Why ¨C Reason it happened How ¨C Twist at the end
- 6. Benefits of 7W1H plan The key benefits of a 7W1H are: 1) AWAUTC is used to boost your marks in content. 2) Bell Curve's elements are included for a complete story. 3) Your confidence is built as you can visualise how the story will be like. 4) You can make easy changes with the plan. 5) You can focus better on story-tellingwhen you write as all ideas have been thought through. Let's examine how it will work.
- 8. 7W1H in action (Part 1) Who ¨C Alex, striped shirt, mischievous-looking, likes to play pranks, sister Alice & blind busker When ¨C after a long day out shopping, mum fetching Alex and sister, Alice, back home. Where ¨C subway towards Boon Kong MRT station What ¨C Alex was stealing a few coins from the blind busker. ¡°Watch me in action,¡± Alex said. What next ¨C A little girl walked past, caught Alex red-handed. ¡°What are you doing?!¡± What worst ¨C A policeman's attention was caught. He was previously checking up on the identity of a rowdy group of teenagers.
- 9. 7W1H in action (Part 2) Why it happened ¨C Alex accepted a dare from Alice, that if he could pull it off, Alice would give him her share of computer time back home. How it ended ¨C Alex was quick-witted. ¡°Uncle, your coins are all over the place, here you are...¡± Police and blind busker praised him. Busker awarded him two one-dollar coins as reward. ¡°You are a kind-hearted boy, God Bless.¡± With a cheeky smile, he returned to his sister, who readily admitted to losing the bet. That was fun, he thought, but stupid. He could have been caught.
- 11. 7W1H in action (Part 1) Who ¨C Mary Tan, dressed in her best clothes for a sales presentation, ill-disciplined. When ¨C heavy downpour, severe thunderstorm Where ¨C in a bus-stop near her home. What ¨C Side-stepped a puddle of water splashed in her direction by a passing car What next ¨C Caught a glance at her watch. ¡°What?¡± She was shocked by the time. What worst ¨C Another car came along, and this time, it caught her unawares and a puddle of water splashed onto her, drenching her from head to toe.
- 12. 7W1H in action (Part 2) Why it happened ¨C Having a night out with her friends before, had slept in late. How it ended ¨C The man stopped the car, apologising profusely. Upon closer look, it was her customer, Mr Tan, whom she was meeting. He drove her home to change. Embarrassed. Vowed never to go on a late night the day before an important meeting again.
- 13. Discussion 1) State the 7W1H plan. 2) List 2 key benefits of 7W1H plan. 3) Describe how 7W1H has helped you personally in your essay-writing.
- 14. In summary ? The 7W1H plan key points are: Who, where, when, what happened, what next, what worst, why it happened and how it ended. ? It can help us visualise our story and keep us focused and speedy during writing stage as all key ideas have been thought through already.